Curtain ring for french-heading curtains



E. C. YEAGER CURTAIN RING FOR FRENCH HEADING CURTAINS June 17 1924.

Filed April 28. 1925 me/wkn Edu/ard 35u amy fm-ggg llatenteddune 17, 1924.

STATES 1,498,257 PATENT OFFICE.

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Application led Apri1x28, 1923. Serial No. 635,394.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD C. YEAGER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Allston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain Rin s of the type known as French-heading travy erse pole rings, and has for its object to provide a curtain supporting arrangement which will enable thecurtainsto ybe vreadily secured to the ring and to be detached therefrom without the necessity of removing the ring from the pole or the pull cords. In curtains oic theFrench-heading type it'has heretofore been customary to sew the curtain rings into the curtains, and consequently it has not been possible 'to take down the curtain without taking down the curtain pole and removing the rings theretrom and also removing them from the curtain. This causes disarrangement of the entire lay out and necessitates the"employ. ment of skilled labor for properly re-hanging the curtains. The present invent-ion provides an arrangement'whereby curtains ot the French-heading type can be easily attached to the supporting rings or removed therefrom in avery simple manner. *y

The various featuresot novelty and invention will appear from the detailed description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing` Aforming part of this specification, the scope of the invention being dened in the appended claims.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective or elevational view showin@ curtains of the French-head ing type in iront oit' a window;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on line 2--2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the supporting hooks which are adapted to be sewn to the curtain, and

TEig. 4 is a side elevation showing the improved curtain rings on a pole with pull cords attached, the curtains being omitted.

In the drawings, 5 indicates a curtain shown as made up ot' two pieces of fabric secured together, the top of the curtain ydividing into sections 5', thereby forming a Y-shaped head or to as is customary in curtains of the French-heading type, and 6 indicates the pole .on which the curtains are to be supported.

The curtain ringcomprises side members 7 and 8 Vdisposed on either'side of the pole, 9 lindicating a transversely extending bar from the 'ends of 'which the sides l7 and 8 rise, these three members constituting in elfect, a U-shaped `ramef thereof is a pintle or rod`10 which ris adapted to support rollers 11 disposed adjacentthe said sides and preferably maintained in spaced relation by means of a spacer sleeve 12. By thisarrangement of` rollers the may be readily moved along its supporting pole as Awill be lreadily'understood.

Extending from the terminals of the arms 7 and 8 are lugs 13 and 14 which are perforated to receive hooks carried by the curtion sections 5. The curtain hooks preferably consist off the bent over terminals of a wire 15, 16 and 17 indicating said hooks. riChis wire intermediate the khooks 18 and 17, isbent to form av plurality of reversely bent loops to provide means for attach-ing the hooks to the curtain sections. The hook member is attached to the curtain by loopedv about the bends or e es of the loops 18. `Ito/view ofthe fact t at a plurality of loops 18 is provided, any up or down slippage or draw between the member 15 is etlectually prevented. The plurality of loops 18 also provides a comparatively wide base or back to which the curtain section is secured and thus turning or twisting movement ot the hooks about the long axis of Extending be# tween the sides 7 and 8 near the upper ends sewing the same'there'to, the threads being f the wire 15 is prevented. Each curtain seci tion 5 preferably extends beyond the upper hook l16 as shown inthe drawings so as to entirely conceal the mechanism between the head'of the curtain and the pole.

The distance between the terminals of the hooks 16 and 17 is greater than the distance between the curtain ring lugs 13 and 14. This arrangement enables the lower hook 17 to be connected or centered'on the lower lug 13 before the upper hook 16 has made contact with the upper lug 14.` In other words, in placing the hooks 16 and 17 on the lugs 14 and 13, both hooks are not connected or hooked onto their respective lugs at the same time, ythe lower hook and lug being rst brought into cooperative engagement. If for any reason it should be desired to sew the curtains to the sides of the ring theymay be secured thereto by passing stitches through openings 19 in the sides 7 and 8.

The curtain rings are adapted to be moved Valong the supporting pole by a pull cord 20. yDepending from the bar 9 constituting the bottom of the curtain ring, is an eye 21 to which the pull cord may be connected. As shown in Figs. l and 4, fit is customary to attach this cord to the adjacent rings of separate curtains, the cord being looped over a pulley 22 as will bereadily understood;

' It will now be seen that I have provided a curtain ring which will enableJ a curtain of the Frenclrheading type to be readily removed and attached thereto Without the necessity of taking down the curtain pole and l removing the rings therefrom or otherwise disarranging the nism.

curtain supporting mecha- While I have described the invention with considerable particularity of detail, I'desire it to be distinctly understood that I intend no limitations except as may be imposed by the appended claims.

" 2. 'The combinationV with a curtain pole and a curtain having a Y-shaped head between which the pole is adapted to be dis posed, of means for maintaining the sides of the head in upright position comprising a pair of side arms, one on each side of the pole, means movably supporting said arms on the pole, and means removably securing the curtain to the said side arms comprising a pair of downwardly extending hooks attached to the sides'of the curtain top, and laterally extending perforated lugs on said arms on which said hooks are removably suspended.

3. The combination with a curtain pole and a curtain having a Y-shaped head between Which the pole is adapted to be disposed, of means for maintaining the sides of the head in upright position comprising a pair of side arms, one on each side of the pole, means movably supporting said arms on the pole, means removably securing the curtain to said side arms comprising perforated lugs extending from the side arms toward'the sides of the curtain, and a double-hookedmember secured to the curtain sides, the ends of the hooksl beingfurther apart than the lugs whereby the bottom' hook onV a curtain sideV may be entered into its supporting lug prior to the other hook thereof.; Y -f 4. rlhe combination with a curtain, of a curtain hook comprising a member bent from a single piece of wire, the terminals of which are bent inthe same general direc- .tion to form hooks and the intermediate por tion of which is reversely bent to provide a plurality of loops, the curtain being secured to the loops, said hooks being disposed away vrfrom the face of the curtain and adapted to be hooked onto a curtain ring.

- 5. A curtain hook comprising a member bent from a single piece o f wire, the terminals of which are straight and in alineymentv and bent in the same general direction to form hooks and the intermediate portion of which is reversely bent to provide a plu rality of loops in a common plane and which are adapted to be secured to a curtain, said terminals being disposed at onevside of the plane passing through said loops.

v 6. A curtain support comprising an openended frame made from a single piece of Vmaterial havinga base member the ends of which are lbent back toward each other, side members extending upwardly from the bent over portions of the base and having their ends bent outwardly, the ends of the base member and bent portions of the side pro vided with openings adapted for the recep-V tion of curtain hooks, a tie member extending between the said side below the bent portions thereof, and rolling means mounted on said tie member.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

EDI/VARI) C. YEAGER. 

